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April 05, 2008

When researchers 500 years from now look back at the American empire circa 1980 - 2010, they'll come across Ron Paul. And they'll say "damn, that's one dude that understood what was going on. Too bad nobody listened"

A partisan Democrat kicks off this video, but then Ron Paul brings it home. Watch the whole thing. Damn, it would be nice to see him run as an Independent. His voice is needed in the debates.

And folks, I want to amend my "VOTE ALL THE BUMS OUT - ALL OF 'EM" recommendation. For the people in Texas, 14th District only, I'll make one and only one exception - PLEASE KEEP RON PAUL IN THE HOUSE.

40 comments:

Wish old Ron would run Independent also...This is about as lame as it gets when it comes to candidates. The thing is Clintons are power hungry , Obama is unqualified and McCain is GW Bush's clone. At least with Paul you feel that he understands finance and could stop some of the blatant corruption.

That stupid witch really thought there was going to be a $5.6 trillion budget surplus based on the projections of the tax revenues from the dotcom ponzi scheme. That would have only happened had the NASDAQ reached 500,000 by 2011 and the government could reap the capital gains taxes. She's not even smart enough to be a realtor. Those are the people being voted into Congress and we wonder why this country is in such trouble

"Hello, my name is Ron Paul, do you know it's the end of the world, QUACK!, and the US WHINE! debt is 875 GATRILLION EEEEE-AWWWWW dollars, so QUACK! QUACK! WHIIIIIINE, please consider, QUACK EEEEEE-AWWWWWWW, WHINE! WHINE!, NEEEEE NEEEEE, HEEEEE! WAAAAAH WAAAAAAH! QUACK! QUACK! HOOOOTIE HOO! HOOOOOTIE HOO! NEEEEEEYAHHHHHH, HOO HOO!, HOO HOO! WAH WAH!Thank You and have a good evening...I'm Ron Paul and I approved of this message.

Not only is RP pointing out the elephant in the room - insane MIC spending - he's also recommending they reposition their flag pins higher on their lapels before the deepening eleghant crap covers up their symbolic patriotism.

I don't have much faith that much can happen about the economy. I do hope however that the GOP national convention ends up in riot.

It's possible because of the caucus states. For example, RP didn't win that much in the WA vote, but, at my county convention, all 6 delegates to the state convention for my district are RP delegates, and the first 4 of the 6 alternates are RP people. In the larger district from my county, we won something like 27/32 delegates to the state convention.

During the convention, we had almost 50% of the voting delegates and we were able to push some things into and out of the county GOP platform. More as time went on and people left (RP delegates don't leave -- too committed).

If this repeats at the state level, and if it happens in enough states, the National GOP convention should be pretty interesting. Break out the firehoses, the attack dogs, and the barricades because there will be riots. It got pretty hot at the county level -- I can only imagine the anger and frustration neo-cons will feel if we end having a big enough group to disrupt their BS.

The guy who prescribes the bitter medicine will never get elected. On top of military and entilement spending we'll now see bailouts to the tune of $1 trillion dollars. As Ron Paul said, this will end badly.No matter how much bailing congress does, gravity will take over and house prices will revert back to a level in line with what people can afford. The longer this process will be dragged out the longer the pain will last.

To the gentleman from WA: I am a Ron Paul-supporting delegate in GA. I am going to both state and district conventions. We have a significant portion of the delegacy statewide. This is gonna be interesting!

Paul is not a member of the Bilderberg or Council of Foreign Relations. Even though what he says is accurate, most Americans are clueless and have little power against what the elitists are planning. In the end, if you can barely make ends meet (rising gas and food prices, greater unemployment....) of course you'll be looking for the gov't to "save" you. That's the elitists plan....remember, fascism will come slowly with a smile on its face , not through a military coup.

This is why I respect Ron Paul even more than Shiller and Zandi. Shiller and Zandi are brilliant economists and correctly identify the weakness in the economic system and the errors of past policy. But they share the same flaw as the command-and-control Soviets - they think they can outsmart the invisible hand of the free markets.

Only Ron Paul understands that organized attempts to control and guide the economy, however well-intentioned, end in failure.

The same is true for international policy: attempts to impose liberty on societies that lack the necessary political maturity will end in failure. Even Kennedy failed to understand that you cannot force freedom on a people who do not appreciate its virtues.

He is a typical Libertarian. Great at calling out half the problem but then doesn't deliver on the rest of what is what is needed to solve things. I wish it were as simple as Libertarians make it out to be. I don't disagree with Ron Paul's message but I just find "Strong defense and No Government Intervention" to be very short-sighted. I too don't believe in bailouts and nation building but I do strongly believe in solid regulation and diplomacy to avoid the need for bailouts and wars down the road. Reasonable intervention on domestic and international issues is a good thing. It insures equality and accountability and keeps the greedy at bay and "helps" prevent unnecessary carnage in the world. I like to think I have the freedom to move around in my own country because of laws and government trying to protect my safety and to be able to travel abroad. If the U.S. was an isolationist, then the world would be an even darker place than it already is. Government managed by good sound minds is not the enemy, they cannot solve all problems nor should they be expected to. However, they can keep a level playing field for the masses and do things like guarantee health care and social security while we pay for it with hard work and well managed tax revenues. This is possible with the right people in power. (The Bush Administration is the opposite of my idea of the right people.)

We need to go back to the original system per the Constitution where the people can only vote for their two representatives in the House. This would restore sanity to Congress and force the sheeple to pay attention close to home instead of voting once every 4 years in a presidential election that is so media-biased that no one ever gets the truth on the candidates.

Libertarians are like the the guy who enjoys the morning donuts in the breakroom without contributing to the donut fund. They benefit from all the services our taxes pay for, but don't want to pay them themselves. The fact that Paul is right on about the current economic crisis doesn't change that. BTW. Isn't it lack of gov't regulation that got us into this mess?

Same thing with the delegates in my state. We rocked in all the districts except mine, but ours was first and we learned from it. Now the party bosses who tried to trip us up are attempting to reconcile. Best of luck 'cause we run the show now.

Oddly the legislators who spoke in the various caucuses seemed to be preparing us for a Hillary victory. They would say a few words about McCain, and then speak at length about how smart and respected Hillary was.

Also lots of strong messages about the gay plague. Only the freaks responded to that. They didn't know jack about the economy. I personally put the fear of recession in the minds of a few bible thumpers. They are easily lead it seems.

Its like Dr Paul stated...its what is 'expected' by the people as to what the government is to do. Its ALL f'ed up people.For the past 20-25 years, Americans have been fed, not only high fructose corn syrup, but LIES about the so-called 'American dream'. Don't worry about your debts! We'll print more!The chickens are coming home to roost and I am thankful I do not have children under my care. The Mrs and I are liquidating any remaining debts...penny pinching and getting for the reality tsunami to wash over these shores.Unfortunately, I will see my beloved country destroyed.

God bless 'im. How does he find the strengh to keep on swimming against this tide and endure the constant ridicule? It's really admirable. By the way, is he still running for Prez or what? I can't figure it out.

Too bad attendance at Congress is laughable at best. No one there to hear him speak. Besides, America had their chance to truly CHANGE America and it chose John "effin" McCain. Let America burn for her sins...I know I'll suffer along with the rest of them, but so be it. Bring on Obama's fake change, at least I'll vote along with 60 million other idiots. Humans always revert to herd instincts...